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August 14, 2013

Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai [Chapter 23]

And, during the end of autumn, today is the Akechi’s Sports
Meet. Holding her camera and disguised as Mitsuru, Mego nervously watch the
third years compete to pull down the poll [Bo-Taoshi]. Red team’s Oda/Youko,
Katou/Yukirin, Takeda/Takemina and Itagaki/Tomachin threatens to defeat the White
team and they will be the ones to dominate in the competition. As the Red team
beats up the others to reach the pole, the audience says that it is amazing for
Red team got all four members of AKC48’s Kami7 and this year, it is not quite
assuring for the White team. Aoi steps in and beats up all the four and others
to successful defend their pole. Aoi says that they are full of flaws since
they are all down in one blow. The audience is amazed over him, and no wonder
he is AKC48’s center, Sachan. Crying over how cool Aoi is, Mego happily takes
pictures with her cellphone and video of Aoi with her new camera. She’s very
happy to take lots of cool pictures of Aoi. Cap boy tells Mego that it is time
for the cheerleading squads to compete so ‘he’ should quickly change ‘his’
clothes. Mego runs off and says okay. Mogami is getting ready for the cavalry
battle/kibasen. He blushes over how ‘Mitsuru’ looks like an angel this whole week
and with ‘him’ on the White team, he’ll over the victory to ‘Mitsuru’. Then, he
is surprised to see ‘Mitsuru’ wearing a female school uniform. Mego explains to
him that their cheerleading group is wearing female uniforms to cheer them. She
giggles and says that Mogami is also in the White team so good luck[/gambatte]
to him. Mogami is turned on by that and he imagines all sorts of cutie poses of
‘Mitsuru’. He imagines ‘him’ as a fairy which already surpass the boundary of
angel. He is about to pounce on Mego but Aoi stops him by holding his arm.
Mogami wonders why Aoi is getting between him and ‘Mitsuru’. “Could it be..this
guy has a thing for me..!?” Mogami blushes really red over his
misunderstanding. Mego is shock over why Aoi would suddenly grab Mogami’s arm
and paying attention to him. Shaking his head, Mogami apologizes to puzzled Aoi
for there is someone else in his heart. The other pure idiot Mego thinks that
Mogami is cunning and she’s jealous.

Aoi whispers to Mego that she lowers her guard too much and
what would happen if someone finds out that she’s a girl since she’s wearing
that in an all-boys school. Mego doesn’t quite understand what he means but it
seems like Aoi protected her. Mego apologizes but then, it is quite fun like
this – being in the same school together, dressing up as a girl, and so happy
to cheer on the person she likes. This made Aoi blush. She tells him that she’ll
specially cheer on for him so gambatte. Aoi mutters that seeing her so happy, he
cannot bring himself to get angry. He is even unable to say ‘compared to what
you think, you’re cuter than cute so be careful’. Meanwhile, Azusa has finished
her photo shooting. Sparkling Azusa thanks them but in the car, she grumpily
complains over being tired and her neck is all stiff over having to fake smile
today. Then, she wonders if Mitsuru is still depressed. Looking out the window,
she spots someone by the pedestrian bridge. She calls for the driver to stop.
Mitsuru is by the bridge, looking down the street. He holds the railing tightly
when Azusa grabs his head and shouts for him not to act rashly, idiot. As Azusa
lifts him up with a single hand, she shouts for him not to jump just over a
broken heart. Mitsuru asks what she is saying, he is just looking at a cute
girl below the bridge. Embarrassed Azusa gives him a karate chop on the head
and tells him not to do things that will make others misunderstand. Mitsuru’s
hat fell off and Azusa is surprised that he got a haircut. After complaining
that she’s quite violent, Mitsuru explains that he cut his hair because he
still kept on thinking about Shino and it won’t do if he doesn’t
straightforwardly cut it off. He asks how come she knew that he is heart-broken
and could it be that she noticed that he had switched with Mego this week.
Azusa says that she carelessly heard him talking with Shino and he’s really
flirty that he’s already looking for another girl. Mitsuru tells her that with
a broken heart, one can depend on a new love to cure it so he plans to have
some love game with some girl but then, in the end, it won’t do..for even if he
saw a cute girl, he isn’t moved at all. ‘Sincerely liking a person’ is not at
all a simple thing.

Mitsuru recalls that time, after Shino and Kouji mutually
knew of liking each other, Shino kept on crying and thanking him using hand
language. She cried hard that her nose is all red but those are ‘happy’ tears.
Kouji thanked Mitsuru but Mitsuru grabbed his collar and said that he is Shino’s
cherished first love so he absolutely shouldn’t make her cry because if he
gives him an opportunity, he would snatch her away. Surprised Kouji asks if ‘she’
is.. Kouji held Shino’s shoulder and said, yes, he absolutely won’t make her
cry. Mitsuru said that he answered well. End flashback. Mitsuru tells Azusa
says that honestly, he still regrets.. (but then, seeing Shino’s expression,
his pain and loneliness is nothing) even if he is heart-broken, but he doesn’t
have even a bit of ‘if I never liked her’ kind of thinking and he’s truly happy
to have been able to meet and think of her like that. While Azusa blushes and
is moved by what he said, Mitsuru is thankful for he realized for the first
time, what love is. Azusa thinks that he’s truly an idiot to still be able to
say such beautiful words but the current Mitsuru is very, very.. Then, Mitsuru
asks how come she knew that he and Mego switched when obviously no one knew
about it so does she have a bit of way to differentiate it. Looking away, Azusa
says that there is but she won’t tell him. While Mitsuru is angry about this,
Azusa thinks that he’s an idiot for obviously there is only one reason for it. Azusa
tells him that they have a ‘duel’ now and accompany her for a while. Mitsuru
exclaims why right now. Azusa says that didn’t he say that no matter when, he’ll
keep her company. Pointing at a sports center, she tells him that they are
going to duel with badminton. As Azusa pulls Mitsuru along, she thinks, “Obviously,
it is because I like you.” Back at Akechi Academy, Mego is sitting with Aoi. She
tells him that the Sports Meet is quite fun and she must thank Mitsuru for
switching with her. Then, she stops about Mitsuru so Aoi asks what it is. She
tells him that Mitsuru wasn’t able to be with Shino and he’s heart-broken. Aoi
informs her that he somewhat knew about it from Shino who emailed him. Shino
had told him that she got a boyfriend and it should be Mitsuru who pushed her
to it.

Aoi says that even if Shino is very happy, and to her
brother [Mitsuru], it is really not good at all, but he is really thankful that
upon meeting them twins since they would always do their best [as if their
lives depend on it] for the two of them and at a time, even sacrificing their own
interest [Mitsuru]. “It’s because of you two that made me and Shino change. It
is like a magic box that will cure us. Thanks to you two.” Mego blushes and is
teary-eyed over this. She wonders if it is true, she and Mitsuru had made Aoi
and Shino changed. Then, she notices something. She takes out a tape measure
and measures the distance between her and Aoi. She exclaims that it is 40cm
now, they have breached the 50cm limit but Aoi didn’t notice it. “That means,
by only maintaining 40cm, you’re alright with a girl this close, right?” This
surprises Aoi. Mego is rejoicing for she is now near to him by 10cm. Mego is
quite happy over this small miracle for it is also okay even if it is a 1cm or
1 mm. “Every day, each day, truly cutting down the distance between us. The day
for us to be able to mutually hug each other tight, as much as we want, would
definitely come. *scene of Shino happy with Kouji* Thank you for making me realize
for the first time what love is. *Mego happily talking with blushing Aoi* to be
able to meet you and think of you like this. *Mitsuru playing badminton with
Azusa* I’m truly happy.” Half a year later, it’s April.. Second year Mitsuru
calls out to Mego to hurry or else, they’ll be late for the opening ceremony.
Heading down stairs, Mego apologizes for it took time to smooth down her bed
hair. While heading out, the twins comment to each other over how long their hairs
are now. Narration: “Sakura color fills up in the embrace of the spring wind. A
brand new season indicates the ushering of a totally new start.” While the
twins happily chat, they pass by a hooded guy. The hooded guy says that it has
been a long time, [this] Tokyo atmosphere. He smiles and says, “Just you wait,
Sanada Aoi..!!” Narration: “And also, spring storm gradually draws near.”

Comment: Not bad
for a concluding arc. Even brokenhearted because of what he did to make Shino
find her happiness, Mitsuru has a nice attitude towards it. Unlike the other ‘love
rivals’ in other series, Mitsuru already has a potential love partner right
beside him where he might be able to find happiness. Amusingly, it does seem
fate that they were able to meet each other though Shino. Too bad, he is still
clueless over Azusa’s feelings for him. I guess guys tend to have difficulties
in learning the true feelings of tsundere-s since they are sometimes mean and
sometimes nice. =P So, Azusa is going to cheer him up in her own way. As for
the other couple, things are really going smoothly with them and they managed
to be 10cm closer to each other, which is nice. The bit about Mogami is funny.
Unlike what I thought, it turns out that the other Kami7-s of AKC48 aren’t
important at all and almost all of them are graduating. I guess the next arc
would be more trouble for Aoi with someone probably from his past, coming back.
I wonder if that guy’s surname is Hideyoshi, going with the Sengoku Basara
theme. =P

Quote of the day:

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the
charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~ Marcel Proust

I don't think it is directly related to Azusa..but maybe someone from Azusa's family? I think the phobia is from that older woman..whose hair seems to be similar with Azusa's.

From the flashbacks, I think Shino probably lives with Azusa or something? but, Aoi wasn't taken in because of that woman who 'feared' him. Then, Azusa probably hates Shino because she got more attention from the parents[?] than her. Anyway, those are just my speculations.

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